> > Ken Welter wrote:

 > >
 > >   Just looking at photos of the six pinion planet and wandered if
 > > there is enough room to put six bolts between the gears to bolt the
 > > planet to the prop shaft flange ??
 > >
 > >    Ken
 >
 > There is not really enough meat between the pinions to use bolts.
 > What I would do Ken is replace the pinion shafts with hard shoulder bolts.
 > That is what I am proposing with the large hollow shaft design.
 >
 > Paul Lamar

 Ken &Paul,
 I would have to support that one hundred percent.
 The hard shoulder bolts are needed to maintain the free-play of the planets
 in the planetary housing - straight through bolts would IMHO distort the
 housing.
 George (down under)

   You would have to make them shoulder bolts for sure, I am thinking
more on the line of making an inner race/bushing with a bolt through
it so that you could tension against the housing and anchor it to the
flange, also thinking of a steel ring for the bolts to go through to
distribute the pressure evenly so as not to distort the housing.

  Ken

I don't think you would distort the six pinion cast iron version Ken.

Paul Lamar
 
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